Reported prose from our newsroom. Power striker
Santiago Ponzinibbio carries a 12-8 UFC record into the card, compiled across 20 fights since his debut on Nov. 9, 2013. His recent results have alternated between wins and losses. Ponzinibbio knocked out Alex Morono in the third round of a catchweight bout on Dec. 10, 2022, then lost by third-round knockout to Kevin Holland on April 8, 2023. Muslim Salikhov edged him by split decision on July 13, 2024. Ponzinibbio answered with a third-round knockout of Carlston Harris on Jan. 11, 2025, before Daniel Rodriguez stopped him by third-round knockout on May 3, 2025. Four of his five most recent bouts were contested at welterweight.
The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.
| Nickname | Argentine Dagger |
| Nationality | pending |
| Hometown | pending |
| Fighting out of | pending |
| Height | 6' 0" |
| Reach | 73.0" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Age | 39 |
| Date of birth | Sep 26, 1986 |
| Weight | 170 lbs. |
| Pro record | 31-10 |
| Finish split | 12 UFC wins — 7 KO/TKO, 5 decision |
Career averages over Santiago Ponzinibbio’s UFC bouts, straight from public UFC statistics — the same eight numbers on his official record. These are the source’s figures, not our read: what we make of them is the card below.
Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the Welterweight field — not against the whole roster. Tap any i for what a score measures.
Every fight of Santiago Ponzinibbio’s that we called in the live 2026 season — whichever corner we called it for. Posted before the fight, graded after it.
FightIQ has called 1 of Santiago Ponzinibbio’s fights in 2026: 1 correct (1–0 — 100% right). Each call was posted before the fight and graded after it. The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.
| Date | Opponent | We called it for | Confidence | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | Sam Patterson | Sam Patterson (against Ponzinibbio) | 74.7% | Correct |
Across our full back-tested history we called 4 of Santiago Ponzinibbio’s fights, 2 correct. Back-tested, not part of the public timestamped record: these were computed after the fact, so they show the model working on old cards — they were never published ahead of those fights.
Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.
Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.
Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (4.97 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.
Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
Pro record: 31-10. In the UFC: 12-9. Santiago Ponzinibbio’s last 8 UFC bouts, most recent first — the result in the cage, not our pick.
Straight off the official UFC fight record. Card names are left off on purpose: the only event labels in our data are derived, and we’d rather print nothing than print one that’s wrong.
| Date | Opponent | Method | Rd | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | L | Sam Patterson | KO/TKO | R2 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov |
| 2025-05-03 | L | Daniel Rodriguez | KO/TKO | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo |
| 2025-01-11 | W | Carlston Harris | KO/TKO | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 |
| 2024-07-13 | L | Muslim Salikhov | Decision (split) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Cortez |
| 2023-04-08 | L | Kevin Holland | KO/TKO | R3 | UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 |
| 2022-12-10 | W | Alex Morono | KO/TKO | R3 | UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev |
| 2022-05-21 | L | Michel Pereira | Decision (split) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira |
| 2021-12-11 | L | Geoff Neal | Decision (split) | R3 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier |
| 2021-06-05 | W | Miguel Baeza | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai |
| 2021-01-16 | L | Li Jingliang | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar |
| 2018-11-17 | W | Neil Magny | KO/TKO | R4 | UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio |
| 2017-12-16 | W | Mike Perry | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Lawler vs. Dos Anjos |
| 2017-07-16 | W | Gunnar Nelson | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |
| 2017-02-19 | W | Nordine Taleb | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne |
| 2016-08-06 | W | Zak Cummings | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres |
| 2016-04-16 | W | Court McGee | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans |
| 2015-12-10 | W | Andreas Stahl | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant |
| 2015-06-27 | L | Lorenz Larkin | KO/TKO | R2 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero |
| 2015-02-22 | W | Sean Strickland | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir |
| 2014-09-13 | W | Wendell Oliveira Marques | KO/TKO | R1 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Arlovski |
| 2013-11-09 | L | Ryan LaFlare | Decision (unanimous) | R3 | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2 |
Every date links to that bout’s own page. Card names come from the official event record; where the UFC ran two cards on one date, or that record has no row for it, the Event column is left empty rather than filled with a guess.
